Michael Kessler is a German

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

 actor

Actor

An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...

, comedian

Comedian

A comedian or comic is a person who seeks to entertain an audience, primarily by making them laugh. This might be through jokes or amusing situations, or acting a fool, as in slapstick, or employing prop comedy...

 and author

Author

An author is broadly defined as "the person who originates or gives existence to anything" and that authorship determines responsibility for what is created. Narrowly defined, an author is the originator of any written work.-Legal significance:...

 from Wiesbaden

Wiesbaden

Wiesbaden is a city in southwest Germany and the capital of the federal state of Hesse. It has about 275,400 inhabitants, plus approximately 10,000 United States citizens...

.

Theater

After his acting training at Westfälische Schauspielschule Bochum from 1988 to 1992, Kessler had roles at the following theaters: Schauspielhaus Bochum

Schauspielhaus Bochum

The Schauspielhaus Bochum is one of the largest and most notable theatres in Germany. It is located in the city of Bochum....

, Schauspiel Frankfurt, Nationaltheater Mannheim

Nationaltheater Mannheim

The present National Theatre Mannheim , which dates from 1957, is a theatre and opera company in Mannheim, Germany with a variety of performance spaces...

 and Schauspielhaus Zürich

Schauspielhaus Zürich

The Schauspielhaus Zürich is one of the most prominent and important theatres in the German-speaking world. It is also known as "Pfauenbühne" after its location on the Pfauen Square in Zürich, Switzerland. The large theatre has 750 seats...

. Since 2005 he is starring alongside Christoph Maria Herbst

Christoph Maria Herbst

Christoph Maria Herbst is a German actor and comedian.-Life and theatre career:After passing the Abitur, Herbst became a banker apprentice and was active at the free theatre scene in Wuppertal at the same time. In 1986, he was a founding member of the private Theater in Cronenberg and its acting...

, Bastian Pastewka

Bastian Pastewka

Bastian Pastewka is a German actor and comedian.He first became known to a wider audience in Germany around 1996 as a regular cast member of the comedy show Die Wochenshow , essentially a mock news program...

 and Jürgen Tonkel in the play Männerhort at the Theater am Kurfürstendamm theater in Berlin

Berlin

Berlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union...

 Und es ist nur Gregori Chimere Smith .

Film

Since 1991 he took part in numerous big screen productions like Schtonk!

Schtonk!

Schtonk! is a satirical German movie, retelling the hoax of the Hitler Diaries.Subtitled Der Film zum Buch vom Führer , the movie is a grotesque farce about the events when, in 1983, German Stern magazine began to publish, with great fanfare, the 60 volumes of the alleged diaries of Adolf Hitler...

, Manta, Manta, Kleine Haie (Little Sharks) and Nordkurve (North Turn). 2006 he starred in Hui-Buh, Das Schlossgespenst. 2007 he'll be part of Neues vom Wixxer and the Swiss movie Tell.

Short movies

2002 he had a starring role in the acclaimed film Zwei Wochen Argentinien (Two Weeks Argentina). 2003 he took part in Glückstag (Lucky Day) and Für gutes Betragen (For Good Behaviour) and Kesslers Knigge.

Television

Since 1992 he is working for television. Beyond others he appeared in the following productions: Siebenbirken, Schwarz greift ein, Das Schicksal der Woche, Hotel Mama 1-3, Sonntags geöffnet, Der letzte Kurier, Sophie, Callboy, Kommissare Südwest, St. Angela, Ein Fall für Zwei, Großstadtrevier, Tatort, Der kleine Mönch, SK-Kölsch, Das Leben der Philosophen and SOKO-Köln.

Comedy

From 1999 to 2000 Michael Kessler was cast member of Switch. From 2001 to 2002 he was part of the Wochenshow cast. Afterwards he appeared on Axel!, Urmel aus dem Eis, Ladyland

Ladyland

Ladyland is a German television series....

 and Pastewka. Beginning with the first episode in 2004 he is a regular on Schillerstraße

Schillerstraße

Schillerstraße is a German improvisational comedy show that airs weekly on Sat.1. It is recorded without a script and broadcast unedited to a large extent...

. Additionally he took part in Genial daneben and in the "ProSieben Märchenstunde (ProSieben Fairy Tale Hour)" in the episodes Rotkäppchen (Little Red Riding Hood

Little Red Riding Hood

Little Red Riding Hood, also known as Little Red Cap, is a French fairy tale about a young girl and a Big Bad Wolf. The story has been changed considerably in its history and subject to numerous modern adaptations and readings....

), Froschkönig (The Frog Prince

The Frog Prince (story)

"The Frog Prince; or, Iron Henry" is a fairy tale, best known through the Brothers Grimm's written version; traditionally it is the first story in their collection. In the tale, a spoiled princess reluctantly befriends a frog , who magically transforms into a handsome prince...

) and Aschenputtel (Cinderella

Cinderella

"Cinderella; or, The Little Glass Slipper" is a folk tale embodying a myth-element of unjust oppression/triumphant reward. Thousands of variants are known throughout the world. The title character is a young woman living in unfortunate circumstances that are suddenly changed to remarkable fortune...

).

Since October 2006 he is driving on RBB

Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg

Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg is an institution under public law for the states of Berlin and Brandenburg, situated in Berlin and Potsdam...

the Berliner Nacht Taxe (Berlin Night Taxi). "I want to have the unaltered stories of the night", says Michael Kessler who loves new challenges. "We're going to meet authentic people. That's no talk theater with cast actors.“ The series with six episodes was first broadcast on 30 October 2006 and aired every fortnight. In 2007 and 2008 he was working on Switch Reloaded and started work on his own TV show.

External links

• Michael Kessler's official page